Nikocado Avocado

Nicholas Perry (born May 19, 1992), better known by his online alias Nikocado Avocado, is an American YouTuber known for his dramatic and comedic performances during mukbang videos. Following the viral success of several videos, he has since garnered a significant following on YouTube. As of September 2021, he has accumulated more than 5.5 million subscribers and approximately 1.15 billion lifetime views across five YouTube channels.

Early life[]

Perry was born in Kherson, Ukraine on May 19, 1992,^[1][2] and was adopted when he was an infant by a family in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He has seven siblings. He attended Lower Dauphin High School and graduated in 2010.^[3] He is of Russian descent. He has said that he received interventions and therapy sessions from the age of five, was diagnosed with depression and prescribed antidepressants at the age of seven, and was diagnosed with ADHD and OCD as a preteen.^[4][5] Before he became an Internet celebrity, he was a classically trained violinist^[4][6] and worked at The Home Depot while pursuing his career as a freelance violinist.^[7]

Career[]

Under the Nikocado Avocado name, Perry began to post on YouTube in 2014 while living with his then-boyfriend in Colombia.^[8] His early content included violin covers of popular songs^[9] and vegan lifestyle vlogs. In 2016, he posted a video on his channel explaining why he left the vegan community. He later said he stopped being vegan because of health conditions which he attributed to the vegan diet, such as tooth decay, vitamin B12 deficiency, and low blood sugar.^[4]

After 2016, Perry began to create mukbang videos; his first gained 50,000 views in a couple of weeks.^[6] He became one of the first American men to partake in the trend,^[4] and was featured on Tosh.0 in 2018.^[8][10] In the early days of his mukbang videos, he was known for having his pet parrot sit on his shoulder while he ate. He says he has experienced mania because of his subsequent junk food diet and his videos showcase themes of melodramatic outbursts, self-hatred, and theatrical comedy. He has admitted to using his low moments to create emotionally turbulent and "clickbaity" videos for views.^[4] He currently films all his videos in bed wearing a CPAP mask, despite there being no medical reason to do so.^[11]

Perry said in 2019 that he only plans on creating mukbang videos "for a couple more years" and that "it is very unhealthy".^[6] Numerous emotionally turbulent videos uploaded by Perry have also led people to question the state of his mental health.^[12][13] In late 2020, he set up an account on OnlyFans to post pornographic content of himself and his husband Orlin Home.^[4] He is also on Cameo and Patreon.^[11]

Personal life[]

Perry became vegan in 2011 and was a raw vegan until 2013.^[14][15] He moved to New York City around 2013. While there, he joined a Facebook group for vegan men and met his now-husband Orlin Home, who was living in Colombia. They married in April 2017.^[16]

Due to Perry's sharp weight gain in recent years, many fans and YouTubers have been concerned about his health.^[4][17][18] In 2019, he told Men's Health that he suffered from a loss of libido and had erectile dysfunction as a result of his binge eating.^[7] People with eating disorders such as anorexia have used his videos as "thinspiration" to promote under-eating.^[11]

On September 18, 2021, Perry announced that he had fractured his ribs, documenting his experience in a video titled "I Broke My Ribs" uploaded to his secondary channel More Nikocado. He said that he had sustained the injury while sneezing. In the days preceding the video, a doctor's diagnosis showed that he had broken three of his left ribs. He has continued to document his recovery in his mukbang videos.^[19]

Controversy[]

In December 2019, Perry was accused by mukbanger Stephanie Soo of harassing her through text messages and taking photos from inside her home. He offered counter-evidence through a response video, in which he displayed images of Soo showing that she was fully aware of the photos being taken.^[20] He also displayed text messages between the two, showing that Soo had stood him up for a scheduled collaboration.^{[19][20][21][22]} Zach Choi, who joined Perry and Soo in their collaboration, later stated that he had hired an attorney to address Perry's claims made on social media, although no legal action ever took place.^[21][22]

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External links[]

• Nikocado Avocado's channel on YouTube